Widower recreates wedding photos with his daughter

A dad has recreated his wedding photos with his daughter, after losing his wife to cancer.

Look away now if you're feeling emotional, as these snaps show a widowed father recreating his wedding snaps, following the sad death of his wife.

However, in an unusual twist, Ben Nunery decided to stage the photos with his daughter, who was just a year old when her mum passed away from cancer, aged 31.

Ben and his late wife Ali had just bought the house when they got married in 2009, and so took the opportunity to use the empty space for their original wedding snaps.

When Ben and daughter Olivia moved out of the house this year, he decided to commemorate the happy times by striking the same poses as he had with his wife, only this time with his little girl.

The resulting images are certainly striking - although we're divided in the office as to whether this is a sweet or slightly odd way to pay tribute to a lost loved one.

Most importantly though, for Ben, it was an uplifting experience. "Many people have asked me how I felt while doing that photo session," he said. "What I want them to know is that this isn't a story about grief and loss and hurt. Yes, I've gone through those emotions and still do but that's not what I want people to see in these photos. This is a story about love."

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